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The Husky Vet Gazette ~ Underway since 2012 ~

Vol. III, Issue II

POW MIA Flag Veterans Advisory Council The POW/MIA flag will be raised on specific dates throughout the year on UConn. Each day that it is raised there will be a short ceremony at 9:00a.m. and another at 5:00p.m. when it is retired.

All are invited to attend the ceremonies on:

May 16th Armed Forces Day

May 25th Memorial Day

June 14th Flag Day

July 4th Independence Day

Sept. 18th National POW/MIA Recognition Day

Nov. 11th Veterans Day

The UConn Police Department will be the Honor Guard

The Veterans Advisory Council is comprised of students, faculty, and staff at UConn who are veterans, and who want to ensure a positive impact on the lives of fellow veterans at UConn. Any student veterans are welcome to attend the upcoming Veterans Advisory Council Meetings this Fall: Wednesday, October 21st, 11:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. – Arjona 340 Friday, December 4th, 11:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. – Arjona 340 If you’re interested in serving on the Veterans Advisory Council, please contact Nikki Cole at Nikki.cole@uconn.edu.

SUPERFLAG - Instructions and Practice

Superflag is happening on September 26th this year at Rentschler Field for the UConn vs. Navy football game. Those who have signed up to participate just need to know a few things:

1) Be at Rentschler field by 9:30a.m.! When you arrive you will receive your t-shirt, ticket, water, snacks, and flag holding as-signment!

2) A bus will take students who don’t have a car or those that don’t want to pay for parking from UConn to the game and back. The bus will leave from the Student Union at 8:30a.m.

3) Please attend the practice on Friday, September 25th at 6:00p.m. if you can. Practice is on the CLAS Quad, “Founders Field” by the Wilbur Cross building and the flag poles.

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Center for Career Development - 2015 Annual Fall Career Fair

When? On Tuesday, September 29th & Wednesday, September 30th, 11a.m. - 3p.m.

On Tuesday day there will be 137 employers offering opportunities in various career fields. On Wednesday there will be 124 employers looking hire specifically in STEM disciplines.

Where? Gampel Pavilion

Who? All students. Dress for success!

More information available at http://career.uconn.edu

Reverse Career Fair

The Veteran Student Organization (VSO) will be attending the Reverse Career Fair on September 29th from 2015 on your behalf!

Our executive officers are representing all UConn Veterans looking for employment or networking opportunities. Employers will be visiting tables manned by 22 different UConn student organizations, including the VSO, from 4:30 -6:00p.m.

Create a profile, upload a resume, and add it to the VSO resume book prior to the event at www.huskycareerlink.uconn.edu.

In addition, drop off any hard copy resumes, business cards, or other materials that you would like the VSO to share with potential employers on your behalf to Arjona Room 342A or email Samuel.Surowitz@uconn.edu.

Career Fairs in September!!

Veteran Students Organization (VSO)

The Veterans Student Organization (VSO) is a Tier II student organization of UConn undergraduate

and graduate students that support veterans at the University. The VSO regularly hosts social

events, holds care package drives, and works to ensure incoming veteran students are as welcome

as possible. Active duty, family, and non-veterans are welcome as well! If you are interested in par-

ticipating or helping out with any of these activities, or have ideas of your own, please contact us.

Upcoming Events:

Our next meeting will be on Thursday October 8th at 3:30p.m. in the Oasis. All are welcome!

We will be planning our involvement in the Hartford Veterans Parade, an upcoming guest speaker, a field trip, and there will

be dinner to follow!

See the UCONNTACT Page for further info

Open Officer Position: Vice President of Business Development. Are you interested?

Please let us know if you have any event ideas that you would like the VSO to make happen!

Sean Seipel is the VSO VP of Veteran Outreach . If you’re interested in getting involved with the VSO attend our meeting or con-

tact him at Sean.Seipel@uconn.edu.

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What: 3rd Annual Barbeque – Sponsored by Cigna When: Thursday, October 1, 2015 2:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.

Changed to Monday, October 5th, 2p.m.—6p.m. (due to inclement weather)

Where: Student Union Terrace and South Side of Fairfield Way

The Technology Early Career Development Program will be hold-

ing their 3rd Annual Cigna Executive Sponsored Barbeque at the University of Connecticut. Veterans are invited to join current

TECDP associates, interns and Cigna Leadership including their Global Chief Information Officer for fitness activities, music, food,

giveaways and free raffle drawings! They will also be holding tours of their innovation lab as well as demonstrations of technology

currently being used at Cigna. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the technology, gain additional chances to

win raffle prizes and learn about their career opportunities.

For more info or to RSVP contact Daniel.Legere@cigna.com.

Technology Early Career Development Program BBQ

Kappa Sigma Charity Flag Football

The A Greater Cause Foundation is a public charity recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code established by Kappa Sigma Fraternity to support the charitable en-

deavors of the undergraduate chapters of the Fraternity.

When: October 10th . Registration at 1:30p.m. Kickoff at 2:15p.m.

Where: Turf behind the Rec Center

Who: Veterans and their friends!

The Gentleman of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity are very excited to announce the return of their

Military Heroes Bowl for the Fall 2015 semester! They would like to invite UConn Veterans to

participate. This philanthropy event is a 7v7 flag football tournament, with all benefits proceeding their Military Heroes Campaign.

Each team will consist of 7-9 members and there will be a $5 entry fee per player. The rules will be simple, 7v7 flag football, as well

as an optional two substitutes. There will be one lineman, a quarterback, a running back and four wide receivers. There will be

separate Men's and Women's brackets, both of which will be single elimination. Feel free to make your own team or to join the

VSO team.

If making your own team please email Kappa Sigma's Philanthropy Director

Logan.Bement@uconn.edu with your team and tentative roster.

If you wish to join the VSO team please email Ryan.Wenzel@uconn.edu from your university email with your name, gender, and position.

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CT Veterans Parade

Join the UConn Veteran Students Organization (VSO) for the annual Hartford Veterans parade on November 8th. This event is NOT

a state run event but rather a community committee coordinated by the Connecticut Veterans Fund, a 501(c)3 Organization. Over

3,000 veterans are expected to march. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of Buckingham and Washington

Streets, near the State Capitol, Travel north on Trinity Street through the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, onto Ford Street,

turn right on Pearl Street, right onto Main Street where it passes a reviewing stand across from the Wadsworth Atheneum, and

right onto Capitol Ave, where it ends. Total distance: 1.3 miles.

Find out more at http://ctveteransparade.org/ Please RSVP to Samuel.Surowitz@uconn.edu by October 17th if you would like to attend.

Vets Rock at Mohegan Sun Vets Rock 2015! All day Veterans Day, November 11th!

All veterans are invited to come for the FREE Job Fair and Veterans Services EXPO at Mohegan Sun. Free events include a resume workshop, professional attire fitting, career fair, yoga, art therapy, veteran art show, and much more. Stay for the show honoring veterans with Trace Adkins, Dropkick Murphys, and Madison Rising – hosted by Tony Orlando! Tickets for the concert are available

at www.MoheganSun.com/vets-rock!

UConn Ceremony Wednesday, November 11th at 11:20a.m.

Please join us at The Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial on The Great Lawn in front of Wilbur Cross on Veteran's Day. This annual cer-emony gives thanks to veterans for their service and sacrifice. The ceremony will also honor members of the military that have died during times of war and involves a color guard, a placing of the wreath by student veterans, and respectful comments by guest speakers. The entire community is welcome to attend. A reception will follow the ceremony with light refreshments in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room.

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CHAPTER 31 VOC. REHAB. Students!! CH 31 Parking

Transportation/Parking Services has a new process for a Veteran student on Voc-Rehab to process his or her parking fee. Rather than pay ahead or on the website and be reimbursed by VA later, a form is available at the benefits office in Arjona

345. Email the office at veterans@uconn.edu or come in person to pick up the form, complete it, and submit it to Parking Services.

The Shades of Green Resort is an Armed Forces Recreation Center Resort located on Walt

Disney World property near Orlando Florida. Disneyworld also offers direct discounts for

active duty military and drilling reservists.

Eligibility Requirements are: Those who served in the military for less than 20 years and

received an honorable discharge are invited to stay at Shades of Green during the months

of January and September only. A DD-214 is required at check-in as proof of your honora-

ble discharge. Standard rooms start at $123. Suites start at $250.

http://www.militarydisneytips.com/Shades-of-Green/Non-Retired-Veterans.html

Going to Disney World?

Veteran of the Month Each month UConn’s Veterans Affairs and Military Programs office has the privilege of honoring

one of our many veteran students, faculty, or staff with the honorary title of “Veteran of the

Month”!

If you would like to nominate a veteran at UConn for “Veteran of the Month” for October, please

contact Nikki Cole at nikki.cole@uconn.edu with the individual’s name and reasons for the nomination.

Ticket Club Discounts

TicketClub.com is a live event ticketing website where premier members gain access to an in-

ventory of wholesale tickets to thousands of events with no service fees.

They are currently offering free premier membership to UConn Military and Veterans with the

promo code UCONNVETS1. Premier members pay only the base price of the tickets. If you’d

like to sign up, go to https://secure.ticketclub.com/ and create a free membership. Once you

sign in you can “redeem a pre-paid membership voucher” under the “My Membership Tab”.

For additional info contact Rebecca.Small@ticketclub.com

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Carry On with these employers It’s time to get to work. One of the greatest benefits of completing your college education

is securing employment that will aid you for the rest of your life. Each of these companies

is veteran friendly—so what are you waiting for?

Company Point of Contact Email Address

Access Health CT Peter VanLoon peter.vanloon@ct.gov

Aetna Jill Klepacki klepackij@aetna.com

AonHewitt Consulting Practice Mike Walton mike.walton@aonhewitt.com

Bank of America Lisa McNulty lisa.a.mcnulty@bankofamerica.com

Baystate Health Dennis O’Brien dennis.obrien@baystatehealth.org

Boehringer-Ingelheim Jeff Bridges jeffrey.bridges@boehringer-

ingelheim.com

Bravo Delta Consulting Dawn McDaniel dawn@bravodeltaconsulting.com

Cigna Jim Wiggs jimmie.wiggs@cigna.com

CT Public Broadcasting Network Michael Komrosky mkomrosky@cpbn.org

Disney/ESPN Kevin Preston kevin.preston@espn.com

EMC Lou Candiello lou.candiello@emc.com

Enterprise Holdings Carrie Smith carrie.l.smith@ehi.com

Frontier Karlian Brown karlian.brown@ftr.com

GE Joe Beal joseph.beal@ge.com

Johnson & Johnson Derek Dalmalin ddalmoli@its.jnj.com

Marymont Steve Dumont sdumont@marymont.com

MassMutual Toby Proctor tproctor@massmutual.com

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Douglas Yeager douglas.yeager@ml.com

Pepsico Marty Kanengiser marty.kanengiser@pepsico.com

Prudential Financial Nadine Krause nadine.krause@prudential.com

Raytheon Jeff Lance jlance@raytheon.com

Sikorsky John Donovan john.donovan@sikorsky.com

Stanley Black & Decker Sally Bartas Sally.Bartas@sbdinc.com

The Hartford Brian Fresher brian.fresher@thehartford.com

Travelers Casey Neff cneff@travelers.com

United Technologies Dan Ward daniel.ward@pw.utc.com

U. of Connecticut - Human Resources Robin Lessard robin.lessard@uconn.edu

US Trust Doug O’Donnell douglas.odonnell@ustrust.com

Verizon Wireless Alissa Belcourt alissa.belcourt@verizonwireless.com

Wal-Mart Ron Ealey ronald.ealey@wal-mart.com